X Bets on Polymarket: Prediction Markets Get a Crypto-Powered Partner

Elon Musk's X platform just doubled down on crypto's wildest casino—partnering with Polymarket to bring prediction markets to the masses. Because what's social media without gambling dressed as 'crowd wisdom'?

Polymarket's blockchain-based betting now gets prime real estate on X, letting users wager on everything from elections to meme stocks. Finally, a way to monetize bad takes.

Wall Street analysts pretend to be shocked—while quietly calculating how to short the inevitable regulatory backlash. Decentralized finance meets decentralized disinformation. Place your bets.

Polymarket to tap X user base for even wider market reach

According to Grok, X’s AI agent, the partnership will integrate Polymarket’s platform into X, allowing social media users to make direct bets on outcomes. The bets will be made using cryptocurrency, with the potential to embed markets into posts. 

Some of the obstacles to integration may be regional gambling limitations, which often affect prediction markets. Polymarket itself has been restricted in France after a regional trader made millions predicting the outcome of the US presidential elections. At that time, Polymarket’s effect was also considered risky in swaying public opinion, especially when combined with the leading social media app. 

Polymarket faced increased scrutiny after the US presidential elections but also gained a new baseline of users. On a monthly basis, the app saw over 277K active wallets. The platform carried over $175M in open interest, though skewed to the biggest prediction pairs.

For now, Polymarket remains tokenless and is one of the most in-demand apps on Polygon, one of the earliest L2 chains. Polymarket is also key for the turnover of USDC, the main token for making predictions. 

The integration of Polymarket may further boost the political influence of X while creating a new source of revenue. Additionally, the platform may integrate crypto reliably with another use case for stablecoins. 

While X posts can serve to reveal trends, a live betting market WOULD directly gauge opinion while broadcasting the most contentious issues. Polymarket has been closely watched, especially in its most active sections for current events and hot news. The odds of betting are completely transparent and present on-chain and cannot be easily swayed. X can add a more user-friendly front end, boosting the available liquidity and potential traders. 

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